Lexicon argeó: to be idle Original Word: ἀργέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: argeó Phonetic Spelling: (arg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I linger, delay, am idle Definition: I linger, delay, am idle. HELPS word-Studies 691 argéō (from 692 /argós, "idle") – properly, motionless (at rest); doing nothing ("inactive"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom argosDefinitionto be idle NASB Translationidle (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 691: ἀργέωἀργέω, ἀργῷ; (to be ἀργός, which see); to be idle, inactive; contextually, to linger, delay: 2 Peter 2:3 οἷς τό κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, i. e. whose punishment has long been impending and will shortly fall. (In Greek writings from Sophocles down.) Strong's linger. From argos; to be idle, i.e. (figuratively) to delay -- linger. see GREEK argos |
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